Our Partners

CAN partners with grassroots organizations and international NGOs on advocacy efforts to promote conflict minerals legislation, to pressure electronics companies, to hold other countries accountable for destabilizing activities in the DRC, and to support survivors of sexual violence.

The Enough Project's Congo initiatives work to bring an end to the trade in conflict minerals by focusing on current policies and creative solutions. The Raise Hope for Congo campaign aims to build a permanent and diverse constituency of activists who will advocate for the human rights of all Congolese citizens and work towards ending the ongoing conflict.

The Conflict-Free Campus Initiative is a nation-wide campaign to build the consumer voice for conflict-free electronics, such as cell phones, laptops, and other devices that will not finance war in eastern Congo.

Global Witness's campaign on the DRC covers a broad range of issues relating to the exploitation of the country's rich and diverse natural resources. GW staff regularly visit Congo and neighbouring countries for in-depth field research and have documented extensive corruption, lack of transparency and life-threatening labor conditions in the natural resource sector.

GW engages in dialogue with donor governments, United Nations agencies, international financial institutions and companies about ways of improving the management of the DRC's natural resources to ensure that they contribute to the development of the country and to raising the living standards of the Congolese population.

ICAR is a coalition of leading human rights groups including Amnesty International, EarthRights International, Global Witness, Human Rights First, and Human Rights Watch. ICAR's mission is to harnesses the power of the human rights community to identify and promote robust frameworks for corporate accountability, strengthen current measures and defend existing laws, policies and legal precedents.

JWW works to address the root causes of the conflict by focusing efforts on a conflict minerals campaign. JWW was instrumental in the passage of the California Conflict Minerals legislation, the first state in the US to pass such legislation. They also have a number of projects focused on income generation, safe motherhood, and services for survivors of sexual violence.

Shalupe Foundation’s vision is to create an environment where each child and woman in the DRC lives in peace and security. The core of Shalupe’s mission is to passionately advocate for deprived women of the DRC, focusing on their welfare so that they can manage their lives and become productive, contributing members of their community.

Villages Cobayes (VICO)

Villages Cobayes (VICO), founded in 1997, is a Congolese organization that addresses the critical needs of women and children affected by conflict in Eastern DRC. VICO provides a range of supportive services including access to healthcare, housing, education, jobs skills and employment opportunities. VICO is a strong advocate for human rights and supports economic development to provide opportunities for women who have lost everything as a result of the conflict. Click here for VICO pictures.

To donate to VICO, send a check made out to U.S.-Congolese for Unity, Peace, and Development (note “VICO” on memo line) to P.O. Box 2225, Concord, NH 03302-2225.

WILPF is the oldest women's peace organization in the world. Founded in 1915, with Jane Addams as its first president, WILPF works to achieve through peaceful means: world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and the establishment of those political, economic, social, and psychological conditions which can assure peace, freedom, and justice for all. WILPF Sections are located in 37 countries including the U.S.